Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · SM2 5PT
Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm,37.5 hours per week
About Company
The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.
Today it operates as a specialist cancer hospital and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Cancer., working closely with its principal academic partner, the Institute of Cancer Research. (ICR). Together, The Royal Marsden and the ICR are ranked in the top five cancer centres in the world for the impact of their research, treating over 59,000 NHS and private patients every year.
It is a centre of excellence with an international reputation for ground-breaking research and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies, as well as specialising in cancer diagnosis and education..
The Royal Marsden operates from two centres, in Chelsea and Sutton, and we also have a Medical Daycare Unit at Kingston Hospital.
The Outpatient Departments at The Royal Marsden's hospitals in Chelsea and Sutton provide clinics for new patients, patients receiving treatment and those requiring follow-up. Each week we see around 3,400 patients – 1,450 in Chelsea and 1,950 in Sutton. With dedicated units for all cancer types, The Royal Marsden provides care during diagnosis, treatment and beyond, and has specialist paediatric facilities for children and young people.
Job Description
You will engage in a rotational training programme covering various aspects such as ward-based medicines management, the in-patient dispensary, aseptics, clinical trials, the outpatient dispensary, pharmacy stores, and procurement. This hands-on experience will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacy technician role in different healthcare settings.
You will integrate into our pharmacy team working within the Dispensary and Day Units helping to deliver an effective and safe service and assisting with the day to day running of the clinical pharmacy services. This will include labelling and dispensing medications, discharge medicine supply, and patient counselling to ensure in-patients and day-unit patients are discharged in a timely manner with the correct medication and advice. On the day units you will help with counselling and handing out medications to patients and organising the medications to be available from the outpatient pharmacy for the patients before their appointment time, learning how to deliver excellent patient care.
Additional duties on the wards include the assessment of patients own drugs, taking drug histories, medication ordering, assisting in medication reconciliation, and audits.
• Assisting in stock management
• Labelling medicines
• Dispensing medicines
• Ordering stock for the dispensary
• Checking patient's own medication
• Counselling patients on their medicines
Other information:
Outer London weighting will be added for the student at Sutton, giving a salary of £30,630.
Inner London weighting will be added for the student at the Chelsea site, giving a salary of £31,554
Holidays:
27 days a year, plus Bank Holidays
Skills required
Word/excel
Qualifications required
•Essential
• 4 GCSE to include minimum grade 4/C including English, Maths & 1 Science subject.
• + no degree level qualification related to pharmacy
Desirable
• Level 2 Apprenticeship in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Essential
• 4 GCSE to include minimum grade 4/C including English, Maths & 1 Science subject.
• + no degree level qualification related to pharmacy
Desirable
• Level 2 Apprenticeship in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Training you'll get
Buttercups Training is a trusted specialist in pharmacy and healthcare training, supporting learners and employers across community, hospital, and primary care. We design high-quality, career-shaping apprenticeship programmes that build confidence, strengthen clinical practice, and meet the evolving needs of the healthcare workforce. Our collaborative learning approach encourages shared insight and practical application, helping professionals grow together to deliver safer care and better patient outcomes across the organisations and communities they serve.
Future prospects
After completion of this training the student pharmacy technician will be eligible to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
As a registered pharmacy technician there are many opportunities and career options for a Band 5 pharmacy technician, working in a hospital pharmacy, a GP practice, in the community, in a pharmaceutical company, etc
Within the hospital pharmacy there are opportunities for career progression to a Band 6 technician position, working in a pharmacy technician role with increased responsibilities within a specific clinical team/pharmacy department.
The essentials
Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.
Training provider
Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.
